Detroit Adult Entertainment: Verdict decided in local murder trial
February 20, 2012 at 2:13 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsVerdict reached in local murder trial
Kelly Mason Staff Reporter
Almost nine years after her death, a jury reached a verdict of guilty in the first degree murder case of prostitute Linda Gibson.
Besham Sugrim, was convicted of murdering Gibson in a Pontiac van then dumping her body a few blocks away from his home in Kalamazoo’s Edison Neighborhood in 2003.
The trial began on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and since, some 35 witnesses have testified in the trial, including Sugrim’s ex-wife Bernadette Sugrim and 11-year-old daughter. Bernadette Sugrim stated in court that her husband burned Gibson’s clothing and the weapon in their fire pit after discarding the body.
Detective Sgt. Rich Mattison, of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, was the first to question Sugrim about the case last year. Mattison said that despite continuously pressing him, Sugrim gave no explanation as to where the tan, Pontiac van was located.
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